Rethinking the Social Through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead - Couverture souple

Halewood, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783083697 ISBN 13 : 9781783083695

Editeur : Anthem Press, 2014

Synopsis

Sociologists and social theorists use the term 'social' frequently. We talk of social relations, social media, social networks, social factors, and so on, as well as 'the social'. But do we always know what we mean or what we are invoking when we deploy the term 'social'?

The concept of the 'social' has often been treated as almost self-explanatory, inherited from the works of the instigators of sociology and social theory who, it is assumed, all meant the same thing by the term. 'Rethinking the Social' argues that this is not the case, and that there are major differences between their approaches. This the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber. It examines how the concept of the social became unproblematic for twentieth-century writers and suggests that debates surrounding this concept remain very much alive. Building on A. N. Whitehead's work, Halewood develops a novel 'philosophy of the social'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael Halewood is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex. He is the author of 'A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory: Tracing a Culture of Thought' (Anthem Press).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Anthem Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783083697
• ISBN 13: 9781783083695
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
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